The Irish standard., 1887-12-03
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.s4 "A NEW rail nil Il $50 by 10 feetis being
built at Jackson, 0.
A FREScH machinist has invented a ma
chine for blowing hollow glassware
THE railway companies III Russia are
obliged by edict to use electric lights.
The miners of Alabama have made ;spp]
cation fol-. admission to the Miners National
Federation.
Two NEW assemblies of miners have been
instituted, one at Mineral Point, O.. and one
at Maynard, O.
Two COAL operators have been fined at Mt
Carbon. Fayette County, W. Va. for pay
ing tbeir miners III scrip.
SOME of the labor leaders predict that
there will be less strikes this winter than
during any winter for several years.
THE Cosmos Mining and Smelling Com
pany is the name Of q new Belleville (lll.}
corporation. Capital stock, s3.oC0,0oo
SHARON, Pa. has two rolling mills, four
blast furnaces, d steel works, nail factory.
Il boiler works, a. machine shop aud q stove
works.
Our of the one hundred tons Of zine an
nually produced in the world Missouri turns
out twelve tons, and the industry is only
partially developed,
ENal.1sll exchanges report the iron and
far as the amount Of business is concerned
but the prices are complained Of as unre
nlunerative.
IT has been stated that Patterson turns
out $lOO, 600 worth Of finished silk goods an
nually and that Swiss manufacturers and
work1nen are being driven out of the husl-
ness in consequence.
THE Miners of Iron Mountain, Mich, have
struck against an order requesting them to
work on Sunday nights. Their appeal
states that they arc buried under ground
sixty hours week already.
In Great Britain G4,O9S factories are reg
istered, ana 50, 800 workshops. The inspect
ors Of shops and factories last year made
1l4,274 visits to see that the laws we're in
force. There are 5G inspectors i'll all.
a NEW electric compound called vrlca-
bestus 1s made Of rubber and asbGsIus, and
resists all temperatures, is acid and water
proof, and can take safely The highest eicc-
trical motive force used i'll practical work
ACCORDING to the commercial reports
from thirty cities, for every 500 worth of
business done for the first nine months OF
last year sos worth Of business has been
done during the first nine months Of this
year.
ENGLISH locomotives are disappearing, aud
an American pattern is taking theil place.
The American design is superior III ali re-
spects. The pecuLiarity OF the American
engine is that the bull. Of the weight is over
the drivers.
In the Allegheny Mountain district 1870
new coke ovens are being built. Wages
are Is per cent. below the Cunncllsville
rate. There are 5000 less cars III the coke
trade tha,l there were q year ago. Shippers
are in great need.
a BLAST furnace and rolling mill is to be
erected at Duluth. MINI, by q syndicate Of
capitalists. The blast furnace will be OF
moderate size, intended 10 produce seventy
five tons daily OF coke pig iron. A large
steel plant is also talked OF by The same par
tes.
a PENNSYLVANIA coal syndicate has Late
ly purchased ten thousand acres OF coal
lands in Cherokee County, Kan. The land
contains two veins, tine. first at depth of
folty-four feet is; two and half feet
Thick, and the second at a depth Of ninety
seven feet is five feet and four inches.
TIE American petroleum exporters are
regaining their former control over British
markets. which were partially invaded by
Russian oil exporters. At least 2,2590Oo
barrels Of petroleum We're consumed in
Great Britain last year A well has been
bored in Egypt ,310 feet and has reached a..
good supply of oil.
TIE weekly payroll of miners, sme}ters,
crushers, washers, teaulsters and other men
employed in the zinc mines and smelters at
Short Greek, i'll Cherokee County, Kan,
aggregates about $4,000 per week. The
payroll of the coal miners will aggregate
about the same, or a tota! Of $4,000 par
week paid the miners Of this county.